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Graphs from Asia Times article below help to visualize China demographics, human capital, and tech/mfg competitiveness (including vs Japan and USA). Young people entering work for...
US vs PRC demographics 1. US TFR < 2 also problematic 2. US PISA scores by ancestry: No one preps for this test but pattern mirrors SAT/ACT π€ 3. Unless we fix educational outcom...
Yawn. Movement of manufacturing to less developed PRC interior provinces dwarfs "decoupling" shift to India, Vietnam, Mexico, etc. China's Mexico is inland China. https://t.co/s...
Yawn. US semiconductor war on China planned and led by wordcels. Credulous journos accepted BS that it was only directed at military applications, but intent was far broader and...
Almost every scientist who introduces NEW ideas faces resistance from their community. Typical stages of reaction to a new idea go something like: 1. It's wrong 2. It's trivial (...
@SashaGusevPosts @aryehazan @razibkhan I estimated 10+ years ago that we could build a good predictor for g (cognitive ability) with ~1M genotypes and g phenotypes. We still don...
Three great illustrations from this essay https://t.co/v29SaExz99 Interesting that scientists and engineers don't fit very well in this structure - they are not exactly like the...
Total US STEM grads ~16M PRC: +5M grads per annum now, but started from a much lower base. US grads ~500k pa, so +4.5M gap. Every ~4y PRC gets NEW STEM workforce = ENTIRE US STE...
Japanese director Ryo Takeuchi (fluent in Mandarin) makes fantastic documentary films in China. This story of a young Tibetan girl illustrates the unbelievable rate of change and...
The state of Michigan required HS seniors to take the SAT last year (91k out of 107k total). Result: an unusually representative score sample. https://t.co/wiSW4VsC1f Provides fu...